Cutiegingerbread Beauty Ballot #5

Thank you everyone for voting on the last poll! I always love seeing your results and responses =]

Last week's question was "Are you swayed by packaging to make a purchase?". Here are the results in order:

1. Sometimes- 63.33%
2. Yes- 23.33%
3. No- 13.33%

I wanted to ask this after seeing people being so excited or so turned off by the Wonder Woman packaging. Personally for me, I'd vote no. Even if the packaging might be cute or appealing, I try and stick to what the product inside is like. With Wonder Woman, I saw that a lot of the products had sucky pigmentation and that turned me off. However, if I do see an adorable compact in the future that I can depot my pressed powder into, we'll talk then ;)

Here is this week's question:




I find that with makeup, once you've spent convinced yourself to spend something like $40 on an item, a lot of other things seem more justifiable haha

Thank you so much for voting! Do you have any suggestions for future poll questions?

Cutiegingerbread Beauty Ballot #4

Time for another poll! Thank you everyone for voting last time, it means so much to me that you guys take the time to do so =]

Here are the top three results from last week's question "Where do you most often shop for makeup?"

1. Drugstore- 40%
2. Sephora- 32.5%
3. MAC- 17.5%

Personally, I love shopping at all three! I rarely shop at department store purely because of price. As a full time student, I honestly think it'd be dangerous for me to go there lol. The drugstore is where I'd say I most often enter to check out the new selections. Second would be MAC, then Sephora. A lot of the times I research what I want beforehand so that I make a good purchase.

In the comments, Ashleigh said "with the trend of drugstore stuff costing only $2 or $3 less than "high end" stuff, I'd rather spend the extra couple dollars for something a little higher quality." I definitely agree for the most part that drugstore prices are pretty high for some brands. Look at L'Oreal HIP! However, I am a big fan of brands such as Wet n Wild and Sally Hansen that have AMAZING products at a low price.

Here is this week's question:




I was inspired by the recent MAC Wonder Woman collection to ask this! Some people either love or hate it based solely on the cartoon packaging.

Thank you so much for voting! Do you have any suggestions for future poll questions?

Cutiegingerbread Beauty Ballot #3

Thank you to everyone that voted in the last Cutiegingerbread Beauty Ballot!

The last question was "What makeup do you apply first in your beauty routine?". According to the results, 62.96%  apply their face makeup first, 37.04% apply their eye makeup first, and not a single vote for lips. As I mentioned in the post, I apply my eye makeup first because in case there is fallout I can clean it up with a qtip and makeup remover without disturbing my face makeup. As I can see from the poll, it is a personal decision of most likely preference. Also as Ashleigh said in the comments, if she had to choose one in a hurry, she would  "rather have a face on with minimal makeup and not a full eye look and no foundation".

Here is this week's question:





 
Thank you for voting!

Cutiegingerbread Beauty Ballot #2

Thank you so much to everyone for voting in my first ever Cutiegingerbread Beauty Ballot! It was so interesting to see the different answers and what categories got more votes. I am really excited to make this a regular thing.

Last week's question was "What types of products do you stick to once you've found your favorite?" My personal choices are Skincare, Foundation, Concealer, Eyeliner, and Mascara. These are all things that I have found my Holy Grail products in and am not too interested in experimenting in others. (Eyeshadow and nail polish, on the other hand, is a whole different story!)

The results where very interesting and seemed to resemble what I feel like my HG "stick to" products are. Here are the highest scoring top 5 categories:

1. Skincare- 22.34%
2. Foundation- 19.15%
3. Concealer- 13.83%
4. Mascara- 9.57%
5. Eyeliner- 8.51%

From the results, I can see that those that were the highest scoring categories were the "basic" items that would most likely be "staples" in the person's makeup bag. As ShaGlam said, the basic stuff "isn't really 'fun' to buy". Ashleigh also added the phrase "if it works, it stays". I can definitely see that things like eyeshadows, blushes, and lipsticks are more fun to buy and use a variety of. Of course, everyone is different and each category received at least two votes. There are people that find it exciting to try out different foundations, skincare, etc. and don't really stick to a general favorite.

Thank you again to everyone that voted. I hope these polls are as interesting for you as they are for me! Here is the Cutiegingerbread Beauty Ballot  #2:




Personally, I do my eye makeup first, then face, then lips. I do so in case there is fall out from the eyeshadow I'm using. Once I finish my eye makeup, doing my foundation, concealer, etc. just ties everything together.

Do you have any suggestions for the Cutiegingerbread Beauty Ballot questions? What do you think of the new feature?

Cutiegingerbread Beauty Ballot #1- VOTE!

I wanted to add a new feature to the blog, a weekly poll. One of my favorite bloggers, Nouveau Cheap, does a weekly question and I always scroll through the answers to see what others reply. For me it seems like a fun way to continue the interaction and see what everyone's different answers are! I wanted a fun name for it if it'll be weekly and thank you to Ash for the idea of "Beauty Ballot".

Here is the first one:






Thank you so much for taking the time to vote! If you want, I can do a follow up in a week about the most popular answers. 

For me there are definitely products that if I find the right one, I stick to it and don't venture out to buy other types.
1. Skincare: I've had the same skincare routine for about 2 years now and it's worked great for me.
2. Face Products: I usually stick to the same Foundation, Concealer, and Bronzer
3. Eyeliner: I'm not a fan of having tons of eyeliners and the ones I use, I really like for their quality and lasting power. I have a few colored liners but rarely use them.

Eyeshadow and nail polish is my weakness! Even though I have tons I love buying knew ones and experimenting.


What do you think of the Cutiegingerbread Beauty Ballot? Do you have any suggestions for future poll questions?